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03-25-2009, 07:04 PM
Barnes Wins PBA “Extreme Swing” Points Title
Seattle, Wash. - 3/25/2009
With back-to-back victories in the Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator in Columbus, Ohio, and the Go RVing Match Play Championship in Norwich, Conn., Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, locked up an easy victory in the five-tournament Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour “Extreme Swing” points race, earning a berth in the GEICO PBA Team Shootout hosted by Six Flags set for June 11-14 in Jackson, N.J.
Also advancing to the GEICO PBA Team Shootout were the next seven players in Extreme Series points: Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa.; Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas; Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.; Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y.; Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, finished among the top eight, but had previously earned a berth in the PBA Team Shootout as Versatility Swing points champion.
The Extreme Swing, part of the PBA’s 50th Anniversary season, also included the Ultimate Scoring Championship where Barnes finished 39th, the GEICO Plastic Ball Championship (third), and the Etonic Marathon Open (fifth).
While the Extreme Swing points race is over, there is plenty of high-pressure competition yet to come as the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour heads into its final two events of the regular season.
Heading into next week’s 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open in North Brunswick N.J., four GEICO PBA Team Shootout spots will be decided based upon Grand Slam Series points. Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., heads that points list followed by Steve Jaros of Yorkville, Ill.; Sean Rash of Wichita, Kan., and Danny Wiseman of Baltimore. Barnes, Allen and Scroggins also are among the Grand Slam leaders, but they have already clinched spots.
Barnes’ back-to-back titles also put him back into the PBA Player of the Year points race with two tournaments to go. Malott is the leader with 74 points followed by Duke with 58, Barnes with 53, Allen with 48 and Williams with 36. A win in this week’s Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic is worth 16 points (8 for second) while a win in the U.S. Open is worth 24 points (12 for second). The top four in each tournament earn points, and the top 10 in the Player of the Year points chase will earn spots in the new King of Bowling Powered by Amp Energy special event set for early April at the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla.
Finally, the battle for exemptions to bowl on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour next season is coming down to the wire. As the PBA Tour heads for AMF West Babylon Lanes in West Babylon, N.Y., for this week’s Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic, the points “cut” to earn an exemption for the 2009-10 season was 37th place because three players below the cut line also are exempt. Doug Kent and Michael Haugen Jr. are exempt based upon their victories in the 2007 Denny’s PBA World Championship and PBA Tournament of Champions, respectively, and John Nolen won both the PBA Regional Players Invitational and the USBC Masters.
2008-09 LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR POINTS LIST
As of Sunday, March 22
1, x-Chris Barnes Double Oak, Texas, 217,240
2, x-Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 209,167
3, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 208,738
4, x-Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 186,037
5, x-Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 179,837
6, x-Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 170,837
7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 163,963
8, Mike Scroggins Amarillo, Texas, 163,806
9, x-Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 163,756
10, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 157,956
11, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 151,251
12, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 150,995
13, x-Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 148,295
14, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 146,300
15, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 143,435
16, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 139,107
17, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 131,894
18, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 126,708
19, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 126,412
20, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 116,912
21, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 109953
22, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 108,557
23, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 104,878
24, x-Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 104,748
25, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 102,189
26, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 101,202
27, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 100,102
28, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 97,117
29, x-Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 96,834
30, x-Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 94,563
31, x-Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 93,884
32, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 91,376
33, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 91,162
34, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 90,385
35, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 87,663
36, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 85,702
37, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 85,291
Other Contenders
38, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 84,123
39, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 83,658
40, Ken Abner, Cincinnati, 83,094
41, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 82,846
42, x-John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 81,642
43, Joe Bailey, Pittsburgh, 79,229
44, a-Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 77,530
45, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 74,976
46, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 73,483
47, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 72,837
48, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 71,276
49, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 70,265
50, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 67,728
82, b-Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 15,054
x–Exempt based on 2008-09 title
a–Exempt for 2009-10 based on 2007 Denny’s PBA World Championship title
b–Exempt for 2009-10 based on 2007 Tournament of Champions title
Seattle, Wash. - 3/25/2009
With back-to-back victories in the Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator in Columbus, Ohio, and the Go RVing Match Play Championship in Norwich, Conn., Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, locked up an easy victory in the five-tournament Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour “Extreme Swing” points race, earning a berth in the GEICO PBA Team Shootout hosted by Six Flags set for June 11-14 in Jackson, N.J.
Also advancing to the GEICO PBA Team Shootout were the next seven players in Extreme Series points: Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa.; Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas; Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.; Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y.; Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, finished among the top eight, but had previously earned a berth in the PBA Team Shootout as Versatility Swing points champion.
The Extreme Swing, part of the PBA’s 50th Anniversary season, also included the Ultimate Scoring Championship where Barnes finished 39th, the GEICO Plastic Ball Championship (third), and the Etonic Marathon Open (fifth).
While the Extreme Swing points race is over, there is plenty of high-pressure competition yet to come as the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour heads into its final two events of the regular season.
Heading into next week’s 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open in North Brunswick N.J., four GEICO PBA Team Shootout spots will be decided based upon Grand Slam Series points. Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., heads that points list followed by Steve Jaros of Yorkville, Ill.; Sean Rash of Wichita, Kan., and Danny Wiseman of Baltimore. Barnes, Allen and Scroggins also are among the Grand Slam leaders, but they have already clinched spots.
Barnes’ back-to-back titles also put him back into the PBA Player of the Year points race with two tournaments to go. Malott is the leader with 74 points followed by Duke with 58, Barnes with 53, Allen with 48 and Williams with 36. A win in this week’s Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic is worth 16 points (8 for second) while a win in the U.S. Open is worth 24 points (12 for second). The top four in each tournament earn points, and the top 10 in the Player of the Year points chase will earn spots in the new King of Bowling Powered by Amp Energy special event set for early April at the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla.
Finally, the battle for exemptions to bowl on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour next season is coming down to the wire. As the PBA Tour heads for AMF West Babylon Lanes in West Babylon, N.Y., for this week’s Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic, the points “cut” to earn an exemption for the 2009-10 season was 37th place because three players below the cut line also are exempt. Doug Kent and Michael Haugen Jr. are exempt based upon their victories in the 2007 Denny’s PBA World Championship and PBA Tournament of Champions, respectively, and John Nolen won both the PBA Regional Players Invitational and the USBC Masters.
2008-09 LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR POINTS LIST
As of Sunday, March 22
1, x-Chris Barnes Double Oak, Texas, 217,240
2, x-Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 209,167
3, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 208,738
4, x-Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 186,037
5, x-Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 179,837
6, x-Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 170,837
7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 163,963
8, Mike Scroggins Amarillo, Texas, 163,806
9, x-Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 163,756
10, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 157,956
11, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 151,251
12, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 150,995
13, x-Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 148,295
14, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 146,300
15, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 143,435
16, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 139,107
17, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 131,894
18, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 126,708
19, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 126,412
20, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 116,912
21, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 109953
22, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 108,557
23, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 104,878
24, x-Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 104,748
25, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 102,189
26, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 101,202
27, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 100,102
28, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 97,117
29, x-Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 96,834
30, x-Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 94,563
31, x-Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 93,884
32, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 91,376
33, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 91,162
34, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 90,385
35, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 87,663
36, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 85,702
37, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 85,291
Other Contenders
38, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 84,123
39, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 83,658
40, Ken Abner, Cincinnati, 83,094
41, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 82,846
42, x-John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 81,642
43, Joe Bailey, Pittsburgh, 79,229
44, a-Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 77,530
45, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 74,976
46, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 73,483
47, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 72,837
48, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 71,276
49, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 70,265
50, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 67,728
82, b-Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 15,054
x–Exempt based on 2008-09 title
a–Exempt for 2009-10 based on 2007 Denny’s PBA World Championship title
b–Exempt for 2009-10 based on 2007 Tournament of Champions title